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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 13, 2023
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Show the word gridAll 16 words — you figure out the groups
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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BEANIE
FUR
GET OUT
GO
LEAVE
ME
NEPO
NOPE
OPEN
PEON
PONE
SANTA
SCRAM
THEM
US
YOU
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
“SKEDADDLE!”Straightforward
PRONOUNSModerate
ANAGRAMSTricky
___ BABYDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
“SKEDADDLE!”Straightforward
WORDS MEANING 'BEAT IT!' OR 'GET LOST!'+ 3 more…
PRONOUNSModerate
WORDS THAT REFER TO PEOPLE WITHOUT USING THEIR NAMES+ 3 more…
ANAGRAMSTricky
FOUR WORDS THAT ARE ALL SCRAMBLED VERSIONS OF EACH OTHER+ 3 more…
___ BABYDevious
EACH OF THESE PRECEDES 'BABY' TO MAKE A FAMILIAR PHRASE OR TERM+ 3 more…
Full solution
“SKEDADDLE!”Straightforward
GET OUT,GO,LEAVE,SCRAM
GET OUT, GO, LEAVE, and SCRAM are all informal ways to tell someone to depart quickly, as in 'Skedaddle!'
PRONOUNSModerate
ME,THEM,US,YOU
ME, THEM, US, and YOU are all pronouns used to refer to people in place of proper names.
ANAGRAMSTricky
NOPE,OPEN,PEON,PONE
NOPE, OPEN, PEON, and PONE are all anagrams of each other, containing the same letters N, O, P, E rearranged.
___ BABYDevious
BEANIE,FUR,NEPO,SANTA
BEANIE BABY, FUR BABY, NEPO BABY, and SANTA BABY are all well-known phrases formed by adding 'BABY' after each word.